Former Intelligence Official: US 'cannot stay course' in Iraq

[leftchick]

this guy was not just any intelligence official. He was the head of the State Dept's Iraq intelligence section until 2005. It amazes me the people coming out of the woodwork to essentially say bush's Iraq policy is a FAILURE. Just like bush!......


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6075424.stm

The US is not winning in Iraq and will not be able to stay the course in the long-term, a US state department insider has said.

Former intelligence official Wayne White told the BBC that violence in Iraq was "getting worse".

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Mr White was the head of the state department's Iraq intelligence section until last year.

He told the BBC that the US position in Iraq was untenable.

"The effort can't be sustained over the long haul, and so we can't stay a course, I think, that requires years and years more."

He said: "We're not winning. It's apparent.

"I checked with almost a dozen sources in Baghdad in just the last 24 hours," Mr White said. "Every single one of them answered the question as to whether the violence was lessening, or getting worse, with - 'worse'."